Date & Time:
Dec 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1278
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on December 6 on an operation to Mannheim. While returning to base the following night and flying along the French coast, it was hit by the German Flak. Later, the crew ditched the airplane into the sea off Littlehampton. Two crew members were killed and three others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Z. Cipriski, pilot,
Sgt Roman Najda, †
P/O N. S. Lewicki,
Sgt W. Moszczynski,
Sgt Wladysław Siudak, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Z. Cipriski, pilot,
Sgt Roman Najda, †
P/O N. S. Lewicki,
Sgt W. Moszczynski,
Sgt Wladysław Siudak, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Hit by the German Flak.
